Reflection On Inter-Professional Education

I partook in an inter-professional education (IPE) module, its primary aim was to develop the knowledge and skills required for professional practice, on both an academic and personal level to enable students of different healthcare professions to work in unison in order to augment the treatment of patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2010) describes how IPE involves students from different fields of learning working collaboratively which creates a two-way learning system for students leading to developments in health care. I have chosen to reflect on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and hoisting because they contributed the most to my inter-professional development in particular, teamwork and professionalism which I feel will positively influence my future practice. I chose the Gibb’s model of reflection (1998) because it encourages proactivity and progressive practice. Johns (2005) describes how Gibbs emphasizes appraisal of experiences in order to deal with

Personally, having attended seminars which were relatively non-interactive and boring, I found it beneficial to my learning to be engaged and put into practice the skills taught, in contrast with the previous seminars. We were encouraged to work along with members from other disciplines, which I initially felt apprehensive about however, I now understand how IPE aids professional development, breaking down stereotypes or prejudices about other professions. The seminar also made me realise the importance of physically practicing the skills in order to embed them in the memory. Furthermore, I learned the importance of comprehending no emergency is the same and need to be approached differently. Looking back, I regret the negative mind-set in which I approached the seminar, I feel initially it prevented me from totally availing from the valuable skillset I was being